Mark 14

English Standard Version

English Standard Version

1It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, (Mt 21:46; Mt 26:2; Lu 22:1; Joh 6:4; Joh 11:53)

2for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” (Mt 27:24)

3And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,1 as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. (Mt 21:17; Mt 26:6; Lu 7:37; Joh 11:18; Joh 12:1)

4There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?

5For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii2 and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. (Joh 11:33; Joh 11:38; Joh 13:29)

6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. (De 15:11; Mr 2:20; Joh 7:33; 2Co 9:7)

12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” (Ex 12:18; Mt 26:17; Lu 22:7; 1Co 5:7)

13And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, (Mr 11:1)

14and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ (Lu 2:7; Joh 11:28)

15And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” (Ac 1:13)

16And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

38Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mt 6:13; Mr 14:34; 1Pe 4:7)

39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. (Mr 14:36)

40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. (Mr 9:6; Lu 9:32; Lu 9:33)

41And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (Mr 9:31; Mr 10:33; Mr 14:35; Lu 22:38)

43And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (Mt 26:47; Mr 14:10; Lu 22:47; Joh 18:3; Ac 1:16)

44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.”

67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” (Mr 14:54)

68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway8 and the rooster crowed.9 (Mr 14:30; Mr 14:72)

69And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

70But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”

71But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”

72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.10 (Mr 14:30; Mr 14:68; Ac 3:13)